'Breaking Bad's' darkest moments [spoilers]

CaptionWalt's first murders

Doug Hyun / AMC

Episode: "Cat's in the Bag..." and "...and the Bag's in the River"The chemistry teacher showed that he had murderous ambitions early on in the show. When drug distributor Krazy 8 and his cousin Emilio ambushed Walt and Jesse at their mobile meth lab, Walt created a small explosion that emanated poisonous phosphine gas, killing Emilio as a result. But the gas didn't kill Krazy 8 and Walt and Jesse had to imprison him in Jesse's basement where they secured him to a pole with a bike lock. Walt treated his prisoner well -- nursed him back to health, gave him toiletries, cut off the crusts of his bread etc. -- only to learn that Krazy 8 planned to attack him with a shard of broken glass from a plate. When he does, Walt strangles him with the bike lock.

Episode: "Cat's in the Bag..." and "...and the Bag's in the River"The chemistry teacher showed that he had murderous ambitions early on in the show. When drug distributor Krazy 8 and his cousin Emilio ambushed Walt and Jesse at their mobile meth lab, Walt created a small explosion that emanated poisonous phosphine gas, killing Emilio as a result. But the gas didn't kill Krazy 8 and Walt and Jesse had to imprison him in Jesse's basement where they secured him to a pole with a bike lock. Walt treated his prisoner well -- nursed him back to health, gave him toiletries, cut off the crusts of his bread etc. -- only to learn that Krazy 8 planned to attack him with a shard of broken glass from a plate. When he does, Walt strangles him with the bike lock. (Doug Hyun / AMC)

Episode: "The Cat's in the Bag..." That the body count in "Breaking Bad" is high is no surprise; it's a crime series after all. But it's how grisly those bodies were that was surprising to some. And that was underscored in the second episode of Season 1, when Walt and Jesse were forced to dispose of Emilio's body in a bathtub using hydrofluoric acid. Unfortunately, the acid eats through both the body and the tub, leaving a gooey, soupy puddle of Emilio on the floor of Jesse's house.

Episode: "The Cat's in the Bag..." That the body count in "Breaking Bad" is high is no surprise; it's a crime series after all. But it's how grisly those bodies were that was surprising to some. And that was underscored in the second episode of Season 1, when Walt and Jesse were forced to dispose of Emilio's body in a bathtub using hydrofluoric acid. Unfortunately, the acid eats through both the body and the tub, leaving a gooey, soupy puddle of Emilio on the floor of Jesse's house. (Lewis Jacobs / AMC)

The journey of chemistry teacher Walter White (Bryan Cranston) through "Breaking Bad" as a ruthless drug kingpin has left several dissolved bodies, point-blank shootings, eerie plane crashes and chemistry-fueled murders in its wake. Here's a look at some of the series' most macabre moments, meth-related and not. By Patrick Kevin Day and Nardine Saad, Los Angeles Times